Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 4 |
| 2027 | 0 | 4 |
| 2028 | 0 | 4 |
| 2029 | 0 | 4 |
| 2030 | 0 | 4 |
| 2031 | 0 | 4 |
| 2032 | 0 | 4 |
| 2033 | 0 | 4 |
| 2034 | 0 | 4 |
| 2035 | 0 | 4 |
| 2036 | 0 | 4 |
| 2037 | 0 | 4 |
| 2038 | 0 | 4 |
| 2039 | 0 | 4 |
| 2040 | 0 | 4 |
| 2041 | 0 | 4 |
1 launch location represented.
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eris | LEO | 305 kg | Unknown | Unknown | Supercluster Eris Demo Flight |
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
No recent missionsNo launched missions are linked to variants in this family. | ||
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Eris | Not stated | 0 | Active |
| Year | Location | Launches | Confidence | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2027 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2028 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2029 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2030 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2031 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2032 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2033 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2034 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2035 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2036 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2037 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2038 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2039 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2040 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. |
| 2041 | Bowen Orbital Spaceport | 4 | 20% | Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight. Site-year coverage backfill copied nearest prio... |
Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight.
Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight.
Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight.
Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight.
Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight.
Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight.
Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight.
Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight.
Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight.
Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight.
Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight.
Gilmour Eris is early operational/development; use conservative low-confidence default after first test flight.
The Australian Space Agency launch permit for Eris includes a 30-day notification period that must be completed before the launch.
Eris is a three-stage launch vehicle designed to place up to 215 kg into a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
Gilmour Space received a launch permit from the Australian Space Agency for the first flight of its Eris small launch vehicle on 2024-11-05.
The permitted first orbital launch of Eris is planned to launch from Bowen Orbital Spaceport in northern Queensland.
Australia will become the 12th country to have access to the Eris rocket technology designed, manufactured, and built on the Gold Coast.
Gilmour Space Technologies hosted Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at its factory to formally unveil and launch the Eris rocket.
Gilmour Space plans to use five Sirius engines to power the first and second stages of the Eris rocket to orbit in the first half of 2023.
Gilmour Space Technologies is developing, manufacturing, and launching the Australian-made Eris rocket and G-Sat satellite platforms to provide affordable space access to global customers.
Gilmour Space Technologies announced its first 'Caravan' dedicated rideshare mission on an Eris rocket that will launch from Australia in late 2024.
Caravan-1 will fly on Gilmour Space’s upgraded Eris Block 2 launch vehicle.
Gilmour Space Technologies is developing the Eris rocket, which is targeted to launch early next year as Australia’s first orbital rocket and the first orbital launch attempt from a commercial Australian launch site.
Gilmour Space Technologies is offering up to 50 kg of launch capacity on its Eris Block 1 vehicle.
Gilmour Space Technologies is a venture-capital-backed Australian launch services company developing a range of Eris orbital rockets and a G-class satellite platform for launching small satellites into low Earth orbit.
Gilmour Space Technologies plans an Eris Block 2 vehicle capable of carrying up to one ton of payloads to orbit from 2024.
Gilmour Space Technologies describes the Eris Block 1 vehicle as due to launch from Australia as early as 2022 and targets the Eris Block 1 launch no earlier than 2022-10-01.
Eris is a three-stage rocket being developed by Gilmour Space to launch smallsats into low Earth orbit.
Gilmour Space Technologies will launch the prototype G-class satellite on its Eris rocket from an Australian launch site in 2023.
Gilmour Space’s Eris orbital launch vehicles are designed to deliver up to 1,000 kg to low Earth orbit (LEO).
Gilmour Space Technologies is preparing to launch its first Eris rocket to orbit later 2022.
The family of Eris launch vehicles will offer launch capacity of 300–4,000 kg to LEO from Australian and international launch sites.